Article covered with sheet-celluloid.



G. H. SWEZEY. ARTICLE COVERED WITH SHEET GELLULOID.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30 1911.

- Patented June 30, 1914.

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Be it knownthat-L-Gnoaon H. Swnznr, a citizen of the United States,:residi-n at Newark, in the countym'f Essex and tate of New Jersey',have invented certain Improvements in Articles Covered withSheetfication'.

This. invention relates to'the covering with l The objects of theinvention are to obtain scale being enlarged sharp edges of thearticles;

like. It will be understood astrong and secure joining of the adjacentedges of sheets of celluloid or the like at such sharp edges of articlesto be covered; to secure durability and. strength atsuch to thus producea practical and salable covering, and to obtam other advantages andresults as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accom an ing drawings, in which like numerals 0 reerence indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, Figure lis a perspective view-0f a closet seat covered with celluloid accordingto the present invention; Fig. 2 is a partial section of thesame on lineA, Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, the and thedifferent parts of the covering exaggerated to illustrate the invention,and Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view illustrating a slightly modifiedconstruction.

In said drawings I have shown my invention embodied in a covered closetseat, but have selected a closet seat only as a convenient article forillustrating the invention; I could just as well have selected any otherarticle having a somewhat sharp edge, such as a bath stool top,.amedicine cabinet door,

a mirror frame, shelf, bath-tub seat, or the that my invention appliesto the covering of any article having a somewhat sharp edge at whichsheets of the covering are to be joined.

The closet seat 1 which I have shown has a core of wood, designated byreference numeral 2, and the outer ed e of said core adjacent to theplane of its ase or under side is somewhat sharp, as at 3. There is alsoa similar sharp edge around the opening of the seaty as at also adjacentto tne hottein plane of 'Both-sai sharp edges,

or all sharp edges on any given article,

are treated alike and therefore a description of one, as the edge 3,Willi sufiice, I Y

My improved covering is applied as follows. Astrip of celluloidtudinally to the edge 3, and bent down over is applied longithe seat,but both the inner and outer upgeredges are rounded, as shown. a

the same, to bring its marginal portions flat 7 against the adjacentport-ions of the upper and lower surfaces of the core 2, as shown. Thisstrip is cemented to the core by any suitable adhesive, and, afterdrying, is beveled at its edges by rasping or sand-papering, so as toproduce the reinforcing strip 5 illustrated. The thickest portion ofthere inforcing strip is directly over the edge 3, and it presents broadmargins or wings of tapering thickness upon the top and bottom surfacesof the core adjacent to said edge.

Upper and lower sheets 6 and T, of celluloid are then applied to theupper and lower surfaces of the core 2, said sheets abut-t attheir'meeting edges along the sharp t 3 of the core outside the middlethick portion of the reinforcing strip. Said upper and lower sheets 6, 7are cemented to the core by any suitable adhesive, preferably one whichslightly dissolves the surface of the covering to which it is applied,so that where two celluloid surfaces come together they mold integrallytogether, and after drying, the meeting margins of said sheets arerasped or sand-papered to form a smooth even edge for the completedseat. The inner edge 4: having been done like the outer edge described,it is evident that by my invention a construction is secured which notonly strengthens the joint of the abutting edges of the upper and lowersheets, but also thickens or relnforces the covering at the sharp edgesof the cbre where wear will naturally be greatest.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a reinforcing strip 8 applied to the outside ofthe joint of the edges of the upper and lower sheets 9, 10, where theyabut along the edge 11 of the core 12. This reinforces the joint andgives increased strength against wear upon the edge of the article, agood job this way than withthe preferred arrangement of the reinforcingstrip on the inside. The strip and sheets which are employed may becelluloid pyroxylim'or any but it is harder to make a suitably plasticmaterial which is employed in the art for such coverings, and I do notwish to be understood as restricting myself by the use of the wordcelluloid.

Having thus described the inventi0n,what I claim is: j

In a celluloid covered article having an exposed edge which receivesmore Wear than the rest of the surface of the article, the

combination of a'core having an edge correto said edge of theart1cle,-sheets v of celluloid having tapered margins with sp endingtheir edges abutting each other upon said edge of the core andadhesively secured each otherg and a to A and the cover-'

